Tylenchulus semipenetrans Cobb, 1913 Tanha Maafi & Kheiri 1991: 5 Mature ♀: L = 366 (346���380) ��m; a = 5.5 (4.6���6.7); b = 3 (2.6���3.2); St = 12 ��m; V = 87.6 (85���90.3) 5 Immature ♀: L = 274 (232���350) ��m; a = 16.7 (13.5���18.6); b = 2.9 (2.4���3.2); St = 11���14 ��m; V = 79 (76���81) 8 J 2: L = 332 (335���370) ��m; a = 31 (28.8���33.7); b = 3.3 (3.1���3.4) 8♂: L = 360 (342���390) ��m; a = 43.3 (43���43.7); Spicules = 14���15 ��m Rashidifard et al. 2015a: 6 Mature ♀: L = 274 (245���295) ��m; a = 3.8 (2.7���5.2); St = 14.3 (10���22) ��m 17 J 2: L = 286���345 ��m; a = 16.7���27.1; b = 2.8���4.5; St = 11���19 ��m 13♂: L = 305���391 ��m; a = 26.0���33.6; St = 7���11 ��m; Spicules = 17���22 ��m Rashidifard et al. 2015b: 15 Mature ♀: L = 277 (245���300) ��m; a = 5.6 (3.6���8.0); St = 14.7 (9.8���21.5) ��m 5 J 2: L = 304 (282���318) ��m; a = 23.9 (22.5���25.2); b = 3.1 (2.9���3.3); St = 13.3 (12.2���13.7) ��m 8♂: L = 325 (300���345) ��m; a = 30.6 (24.4���34.4); St = 9.4 (7.8���10.7) ��m; Spicules = 17.8 (14.7���19.6) ��m Associated plants and localities: Citrus from several localities including Fars and Khuzestan (Izadpanah & Saffarian 1968 [P]), Mazandaran (Katcho-Zuhair & Allow 1969, Kheiri 1972, Tanha Maafi 1993b), Khuzestan (Minassian & Moadab 1970), Fars, Khuzestan, Boushehr, Lorestan and Kohgiloyeh & Boyer-Ahmad (Sharaffeh 1970), Fars, Boushehr, Khuzestan and Kohgiloyeh & Boyer-Ahmad (Abivardi et al. 1970a), Fars (Abivardi et al. 1970b, Pakniyyat 2014), Hormozgan (Tanha Maafi & Kheiri 1989, 1991 [P], Nowruzi & Barooti 1997), Sistan & Baluchistan (Barooti et al. 2002, Gol-Mohammadzadeh Khiaban & Barooti 2002), Golestan (Salati et al. 2004), Boushehr (Nowruzi & Barooti 2001, Saeidi Naeini et al. 2000), Kerman (Jahanshahi Afshar et al. 2006), Mazandaran and Gilan (Tanha Maafi & Damadzadeh 2008, Divsalar et al. 2010, 2011, Chavoshi Sani et al. 2013, Nourizadeh et al. 2013, Nassaj Hosseini & Heydari 2014 [M]), Kohgiloyeh & Boyer-Ahmad (Salahi Ardakani et al. 2014), Kerman and Fars (Rashidifard et al. 2015a [F, M]). 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